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"Localised versions are among the most wanted features for Boinx iStopMotion," says Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software. "A lot of effort has been spent on iStopMotion 1.3 to make it easily localisable." Along the way, a few bugs have been fixed and the application design has been fine tuned. The application will be shipped in English and German. Other languages will be added in future releases. Because very few users have made use of the online documentation, it has not yet been translated. "We are waiting for customer feedback on this", says Oliver Breidenbach.

Volunteer efforts welcome

Boinx Software has received offers from enthusiastic users from around the world to localise the application in the past, but had been forced to refuse to accept because of engineering issues. These have been solved and Boinx Software is promoting a volunteer effort to provide the application in a number of languages. The fruits of these efforts will be made available on the web site as an add-on download and the volunteers will be rewarded by being mentioned and publicly recognised for their effort.

Secret tricks

Two features were added with this release: The ability to turn the video input source upside down. so that a camera can be closer to the level of action by being used upside down, a trick often employed by animators. In addition to that, the sound that is played when a frame is captured can be turned off for time lapse recordings. Both features are available as "hidden" prefs.

Availability

Boinx iStopMotion 1.3 is available for download immediately. Current owners of a valid DV key for version 1.0 or later can continue to use their keys with iStopMotion 1.3. New keys are available for US$ 39.95 through Kagi. Volume licensing for Schools and other educational institutions are available upon request.

About Boinx Software

Boinx Software is a trademark of GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH, based in Munich, Germany. Boinx Software develops and publishes fun and easy to use applications for the creative user. Boinx iStopMotion is the leading solution for stop motion animation and time lapse capture for your digital hub and won the O'Reilly Mac OS X Innovators Award in 2003. Boinx iVeZeen turns your webcam into a digital camcorder. Information about Boinx Software and its services can be obtained from its website http://www.boinx.com

Using the iSight mounted on top of your display, MiracleSight mirrors what is in front of your computer. It watches and if it detects motion, it reacts by drawing bubbles where the motion is happening, playing a sound (e.g. a GarageBand loop) or speaking a phrase of your choice using Mac OS X speech synthesis.

Powerful

"Wow!" said an innocent bystander, who asked to remain anonymous, after being accidentally exposed to Boinx MiracleSight at a private screening. "You really did it this time." What exactly he meant by that is unclear, as he had to be removed from the scene by medical staff from the nearby psychological clinic because he couldn't stop himself from dancing in front of the demo machine and setting off that really annoying drum roll GarageBand loop. When dragged away, he was heard to mumble "I got to get me one of these, no matter what the cost" under his breath.

Free of charge

"Fortunately, the good fellow won't have to spend his last dime on MiracleSight", says Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software, "because it can be downloaded from our web site and be used free of charge." Go to http://www.miraclesight.com to get your copy.

Show your appreciation

Boinx Software gladly accepts Donations via the Boinx Software Kagi Store. If enough people donate and send us feature requests, there might even be a next release.

About Boinx Software

Boinx Software is a trademark of GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH, based in Munich, Germany. Boinx Software develops and publishes fun and easy to use applications for the creative user. Boinx iStopMotion is the leading solution for stop motion animation and time lapse capture for your digital hub and won the O'Reilly Mac OS X Innovators Award in 2003. Boinx iVeZeen turns your webcam into a digital camcorder. Information about GeBE GmbH and its services can be obtained from its website http://www.boinx.com